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Automatic Noodle

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Automatic Noodle

A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.

You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food --- the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around --- for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.

But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they’ll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other --- and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn’t built for them.

Automatic Noodle
by Annalee Newitz

  • Publication Date: August 5, 2025
  • Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction
  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Tordotcom
  • ISBN-10: 1250357462
  • ISBN-13: 9781250357465